Posts tagged "Australia Day public holiday"

HEX CEO and co-founder Jeanette Cheah explains why she'll be working this January 26 public holiday.

With some of Australia’s biggest corporations set to give employees the option to work on January 26, many smaller businesses are either already doing the same or following suit.

We’re nearing perhaps the most contentious public holiday of the year, and again we’re seeing businesses choose not to honour Australia Day, and operate as usual instead.

Australia Day used to be an obvious and uncontroversial occasion for brands to endear themselves to Australian consumers. No longer.

The Australia Day long weekend is upon us, and the draw of a sunny long weekend is hard to resist. So who's working, and who's putting their feet up?

Here are the rates you will be required to pay workers in these industries on the 2019 Australia Day public holiday, as per the Fair Work Ombudsman.

This Friday marks the first nation-wide public holiday for 2018, with workers in all states entitled to January 26 as a holiday and all empl…